Karin Dor

Karin Dor (pronounced [ˈka.ʁiːn ˈdoːɐ̯] (listen), born Kätherose Derr; 22 February 1938 – 6 November 2017) was a German actress most famous for her role in the late-1960s as a Bond girl in the James Bond movie You Only Live Twice (1967).

Karin Dor
Dor at the Berlinale, 2015
Born	Kätherose Derr[1] (1938-02-22)22 February 1938 Wiesbaden, Germany
Died	6 November 2017(2017-11-06) (aged 79) Munich, Germany
Years active	1953–2017
Spouse(s)	Harald Reinl ​ ( m. 1954; div. 1968) Günther Schmucker ​ ( m. 1972; div. 1974) George Robotham ​ ( m. 1988; died 2007)
Children	1

Biography

Dor was born in Wiesbaden, Germany. She starred in the James Bond movie You Only Live Twice (1967) and the Alfred Hitchcock movie Topaz (1969).

She appeared in German movies adapted from the works of Edgar Wallace (Krimis from Kriminalfilm) and Karl May. These two film series were mainly directed by Harald Reinl, her first husband.[1]

In 2008, she was in a Munich stage production, Man liebt nur dreimal ("You Only Love Thrice").[2] In later years, she performed mainly stage roles but still appeared in some films.[3]

She was married three times: her last marriage was to George Robotham, a U.S. stunt-director, from 1988 until his death in 2007. The couple lived in Los Angeles and Munich. Her previous marriage was to Harald Reinl (1954–68); the couple had a child.

Death

Dor died at a nursing home in Munich on 6 November 2017, aged 79.[3][4]

Selected filmography

• The Last Waltz (1953) as Extra (uncredited)
• Roses from the South (1954)
• Rose-Girl Resli (1954)
• The Great Test (1954)
• Der schweigende Engel (1954) as Erika
• Ihre große Prüfung (1955) as Elena Clausen
• As Long as You Live (1955) as Pepita
• Santa Lucia (1956) as Manina
• Kleiner Mann – ganz groß (1957) as Meike Brauns
• Die Zwillinge vom Zillertal (1957) as Daniela Kleemann
• Almenrausch and Edelweiss (1957) as Maresi Meier
• Mit Eva fing die Sünde an (1958) as Dinah
• Worüber man nicht spricht (1958) as Christa Riek
• Thirteen Old Donkeys (1958) as Monika
• Skandal um Dodo (1959) as Helga, die Nichte
• The Blue Sea and You (1959) as Helga Heidebrink
• A Summer You Will Never Forget (1959) as Christine von Auffenberg
• That's No Way to Land a Man (1959) as Tessy
• Die Bande des Schreckens (1960) as Nora Sanders
• The White Horse Inn (1960) as Brigitte Giesecke
• The Green Archer (1960) as Valerie Howett, geb Bellamy
• Pichler's Books Are Not in Order (1961) as Anneliese
• Der Fälscher von London (1961) as Jane Clifton, geb. Leith
• Am Sonntag will mein Süsser mit mir segeln geh'n (1961) as Georgie Hagen, die Sprachstudentin
• Im schwarzen Rößl (1961) as Eva Lantz
• The Bellboy and the Playgirls (1962)
• The Invisible Dr. Mabuse (1962) as Liane Martin
• Der Teppich des Grauens (1962) as Ann Learner
• Treasure of the Silver Lake (1962) as Ellen Patterson
• The White Spider (1963) as Muriel Irvine
• The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle (1963) as Claridge Dorsett
• The Secret of the Black Widow (1963) as Clarisse
• Room 13 (1964) as Denise
• Last of the Renegades (1964) as Ribanna
• Hotel der toten Gäste (1965) as Gilly Powell
• The Last Tomahawk (1965) as Cora Munroe
• The Face of Fu Manchu (1965) as Maria Muller
• The Desperado Trail (1965)
• Io la conoscevo bene (1965) as Barbara, the lady friend of Adriana
• Der unheimliche Mönch (1965) as Gwendolin
• The Spy with Ten Faces (1966) as Helen Farheit
• Killer's Carnival (1966) as Denise (Rio segment)
• Target for Killing (1966) as Sandra Perkins
• Die Nibelungen (1966–1967, TV Series) as Brunhild
• You Only Live Twice (1967) as Helga Brandt / No.11
• Die Schlangengrube und das Pendel (1967) as Baroness Lilian von Brabant
• Darling Caroline (1968) as Isabelle de Loigny
• The Valley of Death (1968) as Mabel Kingsley
• Topaz (1969) as Juanita de Cordoba
• Los Monstruos del Terror (1970) as Maleva Kerstein
• Haie an Bord (1971) as Andrea Jacobs
• Only the Wind Knows the Answer (1974) as Nicole Monnier
• Warhead (1977) as Liora
• Women in Hospital (1977) as Claudias Mutter
• Dark Echo (1977) as Lisa Bruekner
• Johann Strauß – Der König ohne Krone (1987) as Jetty
• Ich bin die Andere (2006) as Frau Winter
• The Misplaced World (2015) as Rosa (final film role)

References

1. Bergan, Ronald (15 November 2017). "Karin Dor obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
2. Hallmayer, Petra (17 May 2010). "Das ewig süße Mädel". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German).
3. Barnes, Mike (8 November 2017). "Karin Dor, Bond Girl in 'You Only Live Twice', Dies at 79". The Hollywood Reporter. ISSN 0018-3660.
4. "Karin Dor dead: Bond Girl passes away aged 79". BuzzNews. 8 November 2017. Archived from the original on 9 November 2017.

External links

• Karin Dor on IMDb